The Nicodemus enterprise. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1887-1887, 1887-10-12
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Ine Iowa Farmers Alliance in ono roo
No. = Their platform adopted At Dos
ZINES lines declared that title TO real ostoto
al, oulu not be acquired by ,non.rosidont
GOOD 1 p VI corporations" We can see no
1DOu reason for their stopping where thew flv
W. we maintain that not on1v - 49, e.,
So - corporations should be permitted 70
-, 80 h0dI estate in the United e,o+oo h.,t
id Ie'S ITO allen whether resident or non ros
1a1 1I should be allowed to own . foot Of
land In this country. -'0O VI
Anere was time when public land -,oo
n pl0nCy IN America that If c.orool -
Ine only aim Of the povornnoor,4 10 :
get rld OF it. In pursuance ~ tbis fde W
Iniiiions OF acres of the nnbIic don,aia
80 gwen away to aid any cornoration
whlch asked aid, under tho nroto ors,Cio -
ueVeloplng the country no die+inotioaIN
lns made between foreign and domestic
oUlPorations or if any was made if wac o.
81 rs TO be easily evaded, Tn the Same
way land was given to aIions - ;n1,.ae
or-en 70 come to our shores and .ot4,o
: ~ country. The result was that mil
on0 vi emlgrants came to the Trni+od
o'dCes and settling upon these froo 1ond~
transformed the wilderness into riol o,15
productive farms. That in tho NOR, t1,oa.
e1nl8rants became good Amarioor ,.;+;,-o.1~
anu a credit and benefit to the country
''i0" true. Such a course under the cir
ouinelahces may have been the wicos+ ~
i1O UiAle' but there has been e,roo+ {
o'i'nse 10 circumstances and what wac t
perhaps the best policy at one time ie - {
49,, H.telly lndefensible. The public do |
-o III IS TO all practical purposes exhaust a
w. Ohly the remnants and ragged edges t
~ "haC once seemed an ineyhauctih1o on, b
pre- now remains for settlement tho +i+ro c
70 all else having passed fro. the govern Il
1n0iiC 70 private persons and corporations W
IN vac" OF this we think change of poll p
W should be made and the scattered rem tc
ndhtS Kept for the use Of orr own noo,Io l.
instead Of given away to outsiders While q
we are not prepared to say we desire no st
more immigration to this country we do al
say we want none but the best and tbinl, he
'iia' 4 no foreigner could acquire title to te
NY real estate until he became fullv NAT at
lrallzed It would do much to accomnlisb mi
his result. es
onuer the present system the alien has IN
I'll advantage over the natural born Amer mi
can clllzen and in many places colonies a '
I foreigners have settled upon the varv sit
'eSt Oh the lands and bringing their own an
u0oons and language do not become as he
1lnlaGed but set up little Kingdoms of cal
nelr own as different from, and as antag- MAJ
nlstlc TO the principles and customs If ate
ur own government ae arn +bo >,,,,,,4,.. sea
ney came from. To illustrate our point bel
: DaKota there are large settlements of F
RUSSIANS who come in colonies and as for vo,
~ hutchinson county have COM sno
lete control Of the municipal govern and
lent They do not nave to wait anv Mo,
y iength OF time to become naturalized the
~ uhder the territorial laws can vote as had
'on as their first papers are filed. Tn Wit
Lls way to-day the control of this conn., che
Is IN The hands of people who should wac
,,.noi4t.. iii'' VI 'lle states would not be Ind
'rniVCed TO vote, and never having be- and
me asslmilated to our ways, the result dav
ing that no teacher can get position five
~ VIII conduct school in the English hun
lguage. A direct deseendent of the eva,
lsrln fathers could not go into Dakota othp
q vote until after residence Of tbroo oon,
onths' while any emigrant who comes snrr,
= VoCe the next day after his arrival nool
.hin the territory. Prohibiting the ac- from
lsitlon OF real estate until after com thin,
'te naturalization would to all intents men
purposes DO away with such outrages. isini
me Alliance did we'll in making so falo
ong resolution as it did but vould do and
Tier to make it stronger. Curl